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> To me, it’s just another of saying “the more life experience I gain…”. I believe that if you never were in a position where your job was a soul-crushig sourc
by simplotek 4y ago
> To me, it’s just another of saying “the more life experience I gain…”.
I believe that if you never were in a position where your job was a soul-crushig source of misery and despair, you've been lucky to live a sheltered life.
Most people don't have the privilege of picking and choosing outstanding jobs with decent work/life balance, nice colleagues, reasonable deadlines and considerate stakeholders. Most people have rent/mortgage to pay, kids to feed, and unfavourable odds of improving their life with low risk and impact on your life. I'm sure they gained a lot of life experience too.
- haswell 4y agoYes, everyone experiences life differently, and the sum total of those experiences covers a wide spectrum. Personally, I’ve been on both sides of this conversation. Grew up dirt poor, started working as a teen to help my family make ends meet, and dreamed of a “better” life where the work I did mattered to me and the money I made would be sufficient to not constantly wonder where the next meal comes from. A constant source of that soul crushing misery and despair. Later in life, I was fortunate enough to experience the lifestyle afforded by a Silicon Valley salary after working my ass off to get there, an “arrival” of sorts. Younger me had no ability to comprehend how/why this high paying job would make me more deeply unhappy than I’d ever been in my life. Life experience is contextual and relative, but important nonetheless.
- xvilka 4y ago> Most people have rent/mortgage to pay, kids to feed, and unfavourable odds of improving their life with low risk and impact on your life. I would go further - majority of people on this planet live painful and miserable life.